I’m wondering if getting cleave is worth it, compared to extra points on concentrate, gungho and pain barrier. I’m full STR.
Cleave for a more offensive build, especially if you are crit/based(you are str so you may not care for crit as much). Nothing else in the sword tree provides what Cleave gives you for slash based builds. Using Cleave before your skills really ups your dmg more than 5 levels in concentrate or gung ho can.
Sw2 for a more defensive/cc build. I think 5 more secs in PB along with Restrain can really save your butt in some cases, especially solo.
Personally, I would go with barb.
What about sw2+barb3? What’s the difference between this build and a high3?
I personally don’t like high3 or barb3 but I’ll try to answer best I can.
High3 is, from my understanding, pure damage. All the overheat and multi hits stacks and they have 3 combos (crown,moulinet skyline/crosscut which is the best, and vertical/skull swing). Moulinet has a crit attribute and skyliner has 5 OH and low cooldown means you’re almost always ready to deal that burst. I personally think high2 is enough.
I like barb3 less. Wild Nature is awesome but i hate having to dash mid fight to keep the buff up every 10 secs. I made a barb3 after WN got added and I wasn’t impressed due to that point. The additional duration to debuffs (10 sec cleave debuff is amazeballs and the +100 crit cleave is really good, i just hate the running part lol. If you don’t mind running around to keep the debuff up, then I would prefer barb3 over high3. I think barb has a better kit with the buffs, stun, knockdown, and overall aoe advantage over high3. And the last time i used Skull swing during reset event it only lasted 4 secs 
. Can’t remember if it wad bugged or it was intended but that really turned me off high3.
I have a sw3.high2.dop3 and i like it, i plan on trying sw3.high1.barb1.dop3 soon. I think sw3 beats what high3 or barb3 brings to the table. More restrain, 10 secs of PB, more concentrate(i always play dex builds), and the guaranteed crit of Double slash.
Sw2 for more pain barrier will be less appealing in the coming changes because of Grazing Golem Cards which can proc pain barrier lvl 1 at 30 % with max investment.
Oh glad I went sw1 then
I was planning on the same build (SW3 HL2 dop3). I’m building a Dop3 for ET/Solmiki purposes. How much damage does your Double Slash deal? and with what stat build and equip, if you don’t mind me asking.
Haven’t been on my dop in awhile, leveling alt but he’s 330 with a full Dex build and my double slash does almost 20k crits each hit on 290 dgn mobs iirc. All my hats have over 150 crit atk which stacks nicely with highlander passive and DS crits like 99% of the time. I keep concentrate 15 and DoV lvl 13 up. Bleed from crosscut gives higher numbers.
I use a +6 migantis sword, no gems yet. Don’t have good gear yet, I’m a casual player and spend maybe an 1 or 2 hrs a day at most. I got a prac that Idk what to do with lol.
Personally, i think I would enjoy a sw3,high1,barb1,dop3 but i dont think I will get around to it lol.
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pro tip ; always include barb1